LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 7
PREFACE 13
Ⅰ THE SCENE 15
Ⅱ TIME 21
Ⅲ STONES 34
Ⅳ MORE STONES 63
Ⅴ THE INDUS CIVILIZATION 93
Ⅵ THE GANGES CIVILIZATION 118
Ⅶ EARLY CIVILIZATION IN CENTRAL INDIA 134
Ⅷ SOUTH INDIAN MEGALITHS 150
Ⅸ ASHOKA 170
NOTES 181
SOURCES OF ILLUSTRATIONS 190
THE PLATES 191
NOTES ON THE PLATES 233
INDEX 237